Posted April 29, 2014 under Celebrity News By Annesh Bilas Thakur
Raima Sen promotes her film - Children of War
T
he birth of the Nation of Bangladesh has been shown in some films from India, including many abberations, the most recent of which, Yash Raj Films' Gunday, raked up a huge controversy! First time Director Mritunjay Devvrat, also has dealt with the factual version pertaining to the subject of the birth of the Nation of Bangladesh but his film "Children of War" has more to it than just that.
Children of War stars Riddhi Sen, Raima Sen, Tilottama Shome, Indraneil Sengupta, Victor Banerjee, Rucha Inamdar, Farooque Shaikh and Pavan Malhotra in important roles. Set in the 1970s, the film follows three separate stories during the Bangladesh War, during which time thousands of women were raped and millions of people were killed. As the film progresses towards its climax, the three stories begin to intertwine with one another.
Recently, during a press conference at a five star hotel in South Kolkata, actress Raima Sen took the opportunity in promoting the film. "It was arguably one of the toughest roles I ever have had to essay. It's a controversial film based on the rape of a large number of Bangladeshi Bengali women by Pakistani army men during the Liberation War, in which rape was used a weapon." said Raima.
She urged upon all the fans of Cinema to unite and support a film like "Children of War" for it is an important film which speaks about the tales from the margins.
"The idea of putting rapes in the film was not to sell it. It was an attempt to show the factual truth, it is to show how men can become animals for power" Devvrat told our Little Birdie, when contacted.
The film was previously titled "The Bastard Child" however the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association did not approve of the movie's title, which included the word "bastard"; and hence the tile was changed to "Children of War".
Raima Sen was most hopeful that Kolkata, the city known for it's rich culture and the endorsement of art and cinema would support her bold-on-content film.
Pictures by: Pratik Banerjee
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